COPART UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-26 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£82M
+188.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£255M
+67.5% vs 2024
Employees
1,502
+10.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£137M
+87.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- COPART UK LIMITED 2009-07-31 → present
- USERVE LIMITED 2000-07-21 → 2009-07-31
- UNIVERSAL SALVAGE (UK) LIMITED 1995-08-29 → 2000-07-21
- UNIVERSAL SALVAGE LIMITED 1968-03-28 → 1995-08-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £277,538,000 | £311,782,000 | |
| Operating profit | £64,183,000 | £95,817,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £73,226,000 | £137,028,000 | |
| Net profit | £58,185,000 | £109,055,000 | |
| Cash | £28,308,000 | £81,574,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £198,506,000 | £286,772,000 | |
| Net assets | £151,980,000 | £254,536,000 | |
| Equity | £151,980,000 | £254,536,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,359 | 1,502 | |
| Wages | £47,769,000 | £55,165,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 23.1% | 30.7% | |
| Net margin | 21.0% | 35.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.3% | 33.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.6% | 38.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.94x | 1.56x | |
| Interest cover | 36.14x | 53.23x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the UK Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the going concern assessment period through to July 2027. Accordingly, the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- COPART UK LIMITED · parent
- D Hales Limited 100%
- Copart Autos Espana SL 100%
- Copart Vehicle Auctions Ireland Limited 100%
- Universal Salvage Auctions Limited 100%
- WOM Service GmbH 100%
- CPRT GmbH 100%
- Trapoc GmbH 100%
- WOM WreckOnlineMarket GmbH 100%
- Trapoc Immobilien GmbH 90%
- Copart Deutschland 100%
- Copart Suomi OΥ 100%
- Copart France 100%
- Green Parts Specialist Holdings Ltd 100%
- Green Parts Specialist (Ormskirk) Ltd 100%
- Green Parts Salvage & Recycling Ltd 100%
- The Green Parts Specialists Limited 100%
- Green Parts Specialists (Dumfries) Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “During the reporting period, the board agreed to allocate £38.9m for the acquisition of UK land.”
- “The directors approved the transfer of the trade and assets of D Hales Limited, together with selected assets from Copart Claims Handling Services Limited and Norton Properties (Essex) Limited, into Copart UK Limited.”
- “In October 2025, an application was made to strike off the wholly owned subsidiary D Hales Limited. It was dissolved on 30 December 2025.”
- “In January 2026, Copart UK Limited declared dividends to Universal Salvage Limited for the value of £5.6m, settled by movement in cash balances.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 53 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-07-15 | — | — |
| BRIGGS, Phillip Wayne | Director | 2022-06-30 | Oct 1966 | British |
| DUTY, Keith | Director | 2023-01-17 | Mar 1969 | American |
| POCOCK, Jane | Director | 2019-06-05 | Apr 1971 | British |
| STEARNS, Leah Canham | Director | 2023-01-17 | Jul 1980 | American |
| VERHAGE, Hessel Bruce | Director | 2024-12-01 | Nov 1971 | American |
Show 53 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATTWOOD, Jeremy | Secretary | 1995-08-29 | 1997-10-31 |
| BRAMALL, Colin Stephen | Secretary | 1999-02-01 | 2000-01-31 |
| HOWLETT, Judie May | Secretary | 2007-09-04 | 2008-04-30 |
| HYNES, Martin Christopher | Secretary | 1997-11-03 | 1999-02-01 |
| JACKSON, Sheila | Secretary | — | 1995-08-29 |
| SOMERVILLE, Andy Forbes | Secretary | 2007-02-01 | 2007-09-04 |
| THOMAS, Anne Elizabeth | Secretary | 2000-01-31 | 2007-01-31 |
| WESTWOOD, Carl Jonathan | Secretary | 2008-05-01 | 2013-07-02 |
| ADAIR, Aaron Jayson | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2020-06-18 |
| ATTWOOD, Jeremy | Director | 1995-04-01 | 1997-10-31 |
| BASSETT, Clifford Sydney, Mr. | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| BASSETT, Margaret Anne | Director | — | 1995-08-07 |
| BASSETT, Stewart Sonny | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| BIRD, Richard Michael | Director | — | 1997-04-07 |
| BRAMALL, Colin Stephen | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2000-01-31 |
| CANNING, Jonathan David | Director | 2016-01-18 | 2020-06-18 |
| CHUDASAMA, Biju | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2004-08-11 |
| CHUDASAMA, Biju | Director | 1999-10-25 | 2000-10-13 |
| CLOUGH, Thomas Roy | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2000-10-13 |
| COOK, Jonathan Charles | Director | 2000-10-13 | 2003-01-10 |
| CUTHBERTSON, Robert Maxwell | Director | — | 1991-12-31 |
| DEARMAN, John Marius | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2005-07-25 |
| DEARMAN, John | Director | 1998-06-25 | 2000-10-13 |
| DEPASQUALE, Gregory | Director | 2019-01-08 | 2022-12-23 |
| ELDRIDGE, Sean Christopher | Director | 2008-02-15 | 2009-07-31 |
| FILDES, George Frank | Director | 1997-02-26 | 1998-09-11 |
| FRANKLIN, William Easley | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2019-12-13 |
| FRYER, Norman Leslie | Director | — | 1996-09-30 |
| GOODRIGHT, Peter James | Director | 2003-01-22 | 2004-10-29 |
| HAGGERWOOD, Peter | Director | 2009-06-13 | 2016-02-24 |
| HIGGINS, John Alfred | Director | — | 2000-04-12 |
| HOBBS, Barrie | Director | 1998-06-24 | 2002-02-28 |
| HYNES, Martin Christopher | Director | 1997-11-03 | 2004-05-19 |
| JOHNSON, Willis Junior | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2012-09-21 |
| KIRKPATRICK, Paul Kevin | Director | 2023-01-17 | 2024-12-01 |
| LIAW, Jeffrey | Director | 2020-06-18 | 2023-01-17 |
| LOWY, Russell Dennis | Director | 2012-09-25 | 2014-04-30 |
| LOWY, Russell | Director | 2007-09-07 | 2008-06-30 |
| MCGILL, Alastair James | Director | 1998-06-26 | 2001-10-12 |
| MITZ, Vincent William | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2019-01-08 |
| PAGET, Nigel James | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2020-06-18 |
| PALMER-BAUNACK, Avril | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2007-08-28 |
| POWERS, Stephen | Director | 2020-06-18 | 2024-12-01 |
| SANDY, Nigel Desmond Alexander | Director | 2004-01-12 | 2005-04-30 |
| SHELDON-WILSON, Simon | Director | 2016-01-18 | 2019-06-05 |
| SOMERVILLE, Andy Forbes | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2007-09-04 |
| STYER, Paul Anthony | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2020-06-18 |
| SUTTON, Jacqueline Anne | Director | — | 1998-02-20 |
| TARREN, Keith | Director | 1999-04-29 | 2000-10-13 |
| THOMAS, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 2005-08-04 | 2006-04-26 |
| WILLIAMS, Geoffrey Kenneth | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
| WILSON, Neil Philip | Director | 2003-02-20 | 2004-01-14 |
| WILSON, Neil Philip | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2000-10-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universal Salvage Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 322 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-31 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-24 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2026-01-31 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+12.3%
£277,538,000 £311,782,000
-
Cash
+188.2%
£28,308,000 £81,574,000
-
Net assets
+67.5%
£151,980,000 £254,536,000
-
Employees
+10.5%
1,359 1,502
-
Operating profit
+49.3%
£64,183,000 £95,817,000
-
Profit before tax
+87.1%
£73,226,000 £137,028,000
-
Wages
+15.5%
£47,769,000 £55,165,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers